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When I saw the sketch for this week's Mojo Monday I knew just what I wanted to do. It just took me a couple days to get the time to sit down and make my vision. Little boys take up a lot of time and energy! Finally tonight I decided to stay up late and get my fingers inky - or in this case, painty!

I have been pondering this challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays, a movie inspiration challenge! I was kind of casually (lol) planning a Princess Bride card when the Mojo Sketch came through - and I immediately saw that iconic ET image of the bike going over the moon! I was off to find a bike image...sure I had that set that went with the Lucky papers..no...aha! I grabbed my Pair-a-Phrase set and the adorable little flower basket bike image. Just what I needed!

I built most of my card in Moonstruck Cardstock. I embossed the background with my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. Then I cut a 2 1/2 inch circle on my Cricut and embossed that with my Big Dots folder. The moon got painted with Pearl Paint. Then I dabbed it thickly with a lightly blue tinted Pearl Paint (Lots of paint, one tiny drop reinker) for texture, and then I sprayed the whole moon with Silver Glitter spray. After I colored my bike in with Tulip and Grey Wool Markers I went over the rims with more pearl paint tinted Grey Flannel and added bitty sparkles to the wheels.

This movie challenge was a lot of fun - be sure to go check out all the clever movie cards on CAS-ual Friday! And here's the sketch from Mojo Monday. It's contest week, so be sure to toss your hat in the ring too!






P.S.: Don't forget to sign up for the next Creative Club Kit - Just $25 for a beautiful Pemberly Card box plus 15 cards! RSVPs closing soon!

More for your money - Get $80 FREE!

"More for your Money" means you receive a minimum of $80 in free product for placing your order this week!

This is how the sale works: The offer will be available to the first 10 people who contact me. Email me wtcoffma@yahoo.com or call me at 503-380-6906 right away to join and then start collecting your order(s) of at least $100. You can check with a couple of your friends for orders and pool the orders together or place it all on your own. If you want to keep it simple you could just order the Cricut cartridge for $99 and the Stamp of the month called Wicked and you have reached your total. Orders must be placed by Aug. 29th.


EVERYONE who places the minimum $100 order will earn the following rewards!

* $20 in Free product of your choice (Choose from stamp sets, ink, markers, cardstock, scrapbook kits & papers, stickers, acrylix blocks, and more!)

* The August Stamp of the Month "Wicked" for just $5. ($17.95 value) It's a very versatile set! Click link for 60+ ideas using this stamp set!
* FREE Exclusive Alphabet set called "A Typeset" ($6.95 value) See attachment

* FREE National Stamping Month Special stamp set called: Pair-a-Phrase. It's TWO very versatile D size stamp sets at a BIG value of $35.90!! Click link for 40+ ideas for this stamp set!
AND.... you have a 4 in 10 chance in getting a 1/2 price item!
Why stop there?.....If you collect $200 in orders, youll get double the prizes, $300, triple the prizes, etc.

If you don't have a current idea book...hop on over to my website www.stampingrules.com to view it. Or call me and I will be happy to deliver one to you or put one in the mail, and you can also pick one up at my Open House on Saturday. Remember, you can collect orders from your friends and combine orders to reach the $100 minimum order. So get started with your wish list right away! I can't WAIT to give away all those FREE and half price goodies!! You all know that is my favorite part of my job! :)
Looking forward to your RSVP. Please contact me soon and let me know you want to be in on this opportunity!
 
And don't forget to join me to check out my new 900 square foot "stamp pad", make some fun and FREE hands-on projects and check out my 1st annual Fall Clearance Sale with gobs of $5 stamp sets and FREE catalogs on August 27th. Drop in any time from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. - You don't have to RSVP, but you do get BONUS tickets for the prize drawings if you RSVP by August 24th to help me cut enough projects.
RSVP for the address and directions!

Pair-a-Phrase Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Pair-A Phrase Blog Hop! Over 40 consultants will be posting beautiful artwork featuring the new "Double-D" Pair-A-Phrase stamp set, available FREE with a minimum purchase starting on August 15th! That's TWO D-sized stamps in one package for FREE. Combine that with the SOTM special this month, and for $5 you can get FOUR stamp sets - what an amazing deal! 

If you are coming here from NIKKA'S BLOG, you are on the right track! Leave a comment below - I'll draw a winner next week and send that lovely winning commenter this adorable card!

I made a cute 4 1/4 inch square card inspired by a circle card I saw by a wonderful UK designer named Wendy McKee. I shrunk the card down to a square, and swiped all the circles on my card with black ink on the edges for more definition. Don't you love all the little patterns? This new paper is called Elemental, and it is so versatile!

I stamped a bunch of the images from Pair-A-Phrase in Black ink and heat embossed them with Clear powder for shine. Then I colored them using my watercolor pencils and my blending pen.

I grabbed the fancy bracket for my sentiment from a set called Made With Love, and popped up my Pair-A-Phrase sentiment with 3-D foam tape. I love to stamp my sentiment once full strength, then repeatedly until the ink is gone to give more dimension to a sentiment focal point.

I stitched around my card front with rainbow thread! I used the White floss from the Neutral Floss assortment and ran it through the four colors of ink that matched my paper using a sponge dauber. You just lay the floss onto your scratch paper, press the inked dauber on top and pull the thread through; repeat until you have the intensity you desire. What I like about this is when you separate the thread to stitch (I used 2 strands) you still get some white in there so it looks even more tie dyed! I also added a few stitches across the bodies of my butterflies to ensure they wouldn't be popping off and for more texture.

Final touches include a bit of glitter glitz for my embossed images, and Liquid Glass eyes for my owl so they look kind of googly. I swiped my card front and base with Black ink, then popped my embellished card front up on the card base with foam tape.

Love this amazingly versatile stamp set? So do I! Be sure to ask your consultant or CLICK HERE to get yours today. Don't forget, with minimum purchase you can get all 4 bonus stamp sets this month for just $5!! Now hop on over to PAMELA'S BLOG to see what scrumptious craftiness she's got in store for you!